Richard Collins

1914-07-20 New York City, New York, USA 21 Credits
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Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes

Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes

1980

Writer

7.4
Writing

When fugitive human astronaut Virdon is shot, his chimp companion Galen must charm an old flame into accepting that a book on human surgery is no hoax...

The Immigrants

The Immigrants

1978

Writer

2.0
Writing

The rags-to-riches saga of a young Italian immigrant who battles his way out of the San Francisco earthquake to become a shipping magnate, rise to the...

Territorial Men

Territorial Men

1976

Producer

Producing

The story of Sara Yarnell, a schoolteacher who moves from Philadelphia to the Western frontier to start a new life. She becomes the only teacher in a ...

Pay or Die!

Pay or Die!

1960

Writer

7.2
Writing

A beautifully rendered, fact-based crime film about a crusading Italian policeman battling Black Hand extortionists in New York’s Little Italy is back...

Edge of Eternity

Edge of Eternity

1959

Screenplay

6.6
Writing

Helped by socialite Janice Kendon and barkeeper Scott O'Brien, Arizona deputy sheriff Les Martin works to solve three brutal murders in and around the...

The Badlanders

The Badlanders

1958

Screenplay

6.2
Writing

Two men are released from the Arizona Territorial Prison at Yuma in 1898. One, The Dutchman, is out to get both gold and revenge from certain people i...

Spanish Affair

Spanish Affair

1957

Screenplay

5.5
Writing

Merritt Blake, an American architect who is travelling in Spain, contracts the services of beautiful local interpreter Mari Zarubia. Sensing there may...

My Gun Is Quick

My Gun Is Quick

1957

Screenplay

5.6
Writing

Detective Mike Hammer's investigation of a murder puts him in the middle between warring jewel thieves.

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

1956

Screenplay

7.5
Writing

A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.

Kiss of Fire

Kiss of Fire

1955

Screenplay

3.0
Writing

In 1700, a Spanish princess travels from New Mexico to California with ruthless outlaw El Tigre as guide.

Cult of the Cobra

Cult of the Cobra

1955

Screenplay

6.0
Writing

While stationed in Asia, six American G.I.'s witness the secret ritual of Lamians (worshipers of women who can change into serpents). When discovered ...

The Bob Mathias Story

The Bob Mathias Story

1954

Writer

6.0
Writing

Film biography of the Olympics Decathlon champion, with the famous athlete and his wife playing themselves.

The Adventures of Hajji Baba

The Adventures of Hajji Baba

1954

Writer

5.9
Writing

In Ispahan, Persia, Hajji Baba is leaving his father's shop to seek a greater fortune, while the Princess Fawzia is trying to talk her father, the Cal...

Riot in Cell Block 11

Riot in Cell Block 11

1954

Story, Screenplay

7.0
Writing

A prisoner leads his counterparts in a protest for better living conditions which turns violent and ugly.

China Venture

China Venture

1953

Screenplay

7.3
Writing

American soldiers undertake a mission to capture a Japanese admiral who has survived an air crash in China during WWII.

Little Giant

Little Giant

1946

Story

5.3
Writing

Lou Costello plays a country bumpkin vacuum-cleaner salesman, working for the company run by the crooked Bud Abbott. To try to keep him under his thum...

Song of Russia

Song of Russia

1944

Screenplay

8.0
Writing

American conductor John Meredith and his manager, Hank Higgins, go to Russia shortly before the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union. Meredith falls in l...

Thousands Cheer

Thousands Cheer

1943

Screenplay, Story

6.4
Writing

Acrobat Eddie Marsh is in the army now. His first act is to become friendly with Kathryn Jones, the colonel's pretty daughter. Their romance hits a fe...

Lady Scarface

Lady Scarface

1941

Screenplay

5.1
Writing

A Chicago gang led by Slade carries out an audacious brokerage robbery. Lieutenant Bill Mason takes the case, continuing his friendly-enemy relationsh...

One Crowded Night

One Crowded Night

1940

Screenplay

4.0
Writing

The future of a group of strangely connected lives is determined on one crucial night at a dinky motel in the desert.

Rulers of the Sea

Rulers of the Sea

1939

Story, Screenplay

6.5
Writing

The struggle of a man to build a steam ship to take him across the Atlantic in spite of all setbacks, and his win against a crack sailing boat in the ...